“I need fifty thousand, ASAP.”
“I can bring it to you,”I offered, standing back up with that hope returning.
“No. You need to wire it to me, and then I’ll think about telling you where I am. I want that money in fifteen minutes, or you can kiss me goodbye forever.”
Before I could say another word, the call ended but it lit a fire under my ass. I called Karmen up immediately to get the wire sent. If there was a chance I could have Dreka back in my bed by the end of the day, shit, I’d send a million if that’s what she wanted. After Karmen handled the wire, I tried calling Rae’s phone back, but it went straight to voicemail. Calling back-to-back four times, I realized I must’ve been blocked.
“Ma, let me see your phone,” I requested after rushing back inside the house.
Without a question, she took it out of her pocket and handed it to me. I called Rae’s phone from her phone, and it rang twice before the voicemail picked up.
“Drek, stop all this childish shit. You asked for the money, you got it, now tell me where the fuck you at. I promise if I gotta find you, you not gon’ like how I act, baby. I swear you ain’t, so your best bet is to call me back,”I left a voicemail and then gave my mother her phone back.
“Xy, don’t do anything stupid!” she shouted behind me as I went to the guest room to get changed.
Unfortunately, stupid was the thing I did best in this mind state. It wasn’t my fault, and again, I just went dark whenever Drek wasn’t with me. Dipping out the front door, I jumped in my car and thought about how I could track her ass down. I don’t know why she thought hiding out would ever be a good idea, knowing how I got. My brain lit up with an idea, so I called Karmen back.
“The money was sent, Xy,”she answered in a somewhat annoyed tone. Karmen got sick of my shit, too.
“Yeah, I know it was, Karm, I never have to worry about that. I need a favor.”
“And that is?”
“I need to know if that money is pulled out and where. Your cousin still work at Navy Federal?”
“Yeah, she still there, but whatever you thinking, Xy, don’t.”
“I just need her to trace the account, that’s all. If a withdrawal is made, whether it’s ten dollars or the full fifty bands, I need to know. And once I get that, send your cousin ten racks for her troubles.”
She blew out a long sigh.“I’ll call her, but if this shit comes back on me—”
“It won’t. You know I got you for life. Just make that call for me. Please,”I begged with the desperation heavy in my voice.
“Fine.”
She hung up and I blew out a sigh of relief. One way or another, I was finding Drek. And when I did, I wasmakingher listen to me. She just needed to hear me to understand why I did what I did. Once she heard and understood, then I knew we were gon’ be back on track.
Chapter Fourteen
Dreka
“Dreka, you know you playing with fire, right?” Rae giggled as we waved at two niggas sitting in a VIP section of the club we were at.
“I’m a fire starter, baby, I ain’t never been scared. Plus, there’s no way that nigga gon’ find me. We’ll go back home tomorrow though, I know you got real responsibilities.”
“Bitch, so do you!” She laughed, tossing back her shot. “Like you don’t have a whole empire to run.”
I shrugged, tossed back my shot of 1942, and then made my way to the dancefloor. We had already been drinking for the last hour, so I was beyond lit. When the two fine niggas in the VIP section got up and started walking down, I licked my lips and began throwing ass like it was my job. Rae was right beside me doing the same thing, and in a split second, I felt a massive pair of hands encircle my waist.
“Don’t stop now. You was putting on a show for a nigga, so let me see it.”
The voice that whispered in my ear tickled my pussy so bad that I thought I peed myself. Glimpsing back to see Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome, I smirked and did exactly what heasked. I didn’t give a fuck who saw me either. Xyleek wanted to embarrass me so bad, I hoped a blog saw me and made this shit headlining news tomorrow. He needed to be humiliated just like I had been so many times before.
Song after song, I rolled my ass on Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome’s growing erection, and all I wanted to do was get bent over and punished. “What’s your name?” I turned to face him.
“Gahdamn you fine as fuck up close,” he bit the corner of his lip. “Yo nigga ain’t running around here, is he?”
“What nigga?”
